Episode 50: “Christian Clout Culture (featuring Will Garinger)” is out now on all platforms!

Welcome back to the Fiftieth Episode of The Narrow Path Podcast. In this milestone episode, Jake and Justin are joined by Will Garinger, founder of Run With Christ, to confront a growing issue within modern Christianity, Christian Clout Culture.

Will shares the origin story of Run With Christ, from its first event in Columbus, Ohio in September 2024 to its expansion across more than 80 cities worldwide, and the heart behind its mission, moving people from isolation to integration through faith, fitness, and genuine community. At the core of it all is a simple but powerful truth, people desire to be known, seen, and loved.

Together, the conversation dives into the dangers of trading intimacy with Jesus for influence over people, how platforms often reward charisma over character, and why visibility is not the same as anointing. Jake and Justin unpack the subtle ways faith can become performative when image replaces intimacy, while Will emphasizes the importance of humility, hiddenness, and stewarding influence with the right heart.

This episode is a sobering reminder that the goal was never to be seen by many, but to be known by God. Christianity doesn’t need more influencers, it needs more disciples willing to walk the narrow path, take up their cross daily, and live for an audience of One.

If you’ve ever wrestled with validation, comparison, or the pressure to be seen, this conversation will challenge you to examine your motives and return to a faith rooted in obedience, humility, and wholehearted devotion to Jesus.

Welcome back to the forty-ninth episode of The Narrow Path Podcast! In today’s conversation, Jake and Justin dive into the story of Christmas, slowing down to reflect on the wonder of Jesus’ birth and what it truly means that God came as Emmanuel, God with us. This episode explores the fulfillment of prophecy, the humility of the manger, and how God’s entrance into the world shows us what He values most.

Jake and Justin unpack why the story of Christmas is more than a tradition, why the Savior’s arrival calls us to awe instead of familiarity, and how God steps into the ordinary, messy, and real parts of our lives. They ask listeners to consider: Are we more moved by the season than the Savior? What would it look like to receive Jesus again, not as tradition, but as truth?

Together, Through Scripture and reflection, Jake and Justin encourage listeners to see the Christmas story anew, to let God’s presence capture our hearts, and to walk the path of wonder and awe this season.

Welcome back to the forty-eighth episode of The Narrow Path Podcast! In today’s conversation, Jake and Justin dive into a truth many believers struggle to truly embrace: God doesn’t avoid broken people, He uses them. This episode unpacks why your weakness doesn’t disqualify you, why your failures don’t cancel your calling, and how God’s strength is seen most clearly in the places you’d least expect.

Jake and Justin explore the difference between pain and pride, why emotional distance is not spiritual distance, and how brokenness actually draws God near instead of pushing Him away. They walk through biblical stories of ordinary, imperfect people, and how Jesus intentionally chose those the world overlooked. Because God isn’t looking for the impressive, He’s looking for the available.

Together, Jake and Justin show how surrender redirects our brokenness into purpose, how God turns messes into messages, and why His calling on your life is irrevocable. Through Scripture and real encouragement, this episode reminds us that God doesn’t call the perfect, He perfects the called. He doesn’t choose the awesome, He chooses the willing.

If you’ve ever felt too messy, too inconsistent, or too unqualified for God to use you, this episode is your reminder: you are still chosen, you are still called, and God is not done with you. He uses the broken, on purpose, for a purpose.